Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.
Jiří Bartoška
as Václav Kavan
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Franz Joseph I
Jürgen Frohriep
as Wilhelm II
Andrei Rostotsky
as Nicholas II
Josef Vinklář
as Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Нелли Пшенная
as Alexandra Feodorovna
Александр Пороховщиков
as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov
Zora Jandová
as Draga Simić
Martin Růžek
as Dr. Paul Schönbeck
Josef Somr
as Count Leopold Berchtold
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
as Helmuth von Moltke
Herbert Sturm
as Count István Tisza